The Study of Metals and Alloys by X-ray Powder Diffraction Methods

H. Lipson

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• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Method
• 3. Measurement of Debye-Scherrer Photographs
• 4. Interpretation of Powder Photographs
  • 4.1 Cubic structures
  • 4.2. Tetragonal and hexagonal structures
  • 4.3 Systems of lower symmetry
• 5. Accurate Cell Dimensions
• 6. Phase Diagrams of Binary Alloys
• 7. Ternary Phase Diagrams
• 8. Quaternary and Other Systems
• 9. Miscellaneous Problems
• References

Teaching Aims

To introduce research students with no previous experience to the basic ideas of the use of the powder method for the study of metals and alloys.

Level

No advanced mathematics or theory is assumed.

Background

An interest in, and desire to know more about, the phase structures of alloys, and also to know what the different structures are.

Practical Resources

Reasonable, but not necessarily advanced, computing resources.

Time Required for Teaching

Depending on the depth of the lectures, anything from 3-4 lectures up to a full term of 10 could be used.

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